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The Devil in the White City

Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

by Erik Larson ...

Narrated by Scott Brick ...

Unabridged

15 hours

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The true tale of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and the cunning serial killer who used the magic and majesty of the fair to lure his victims to their death.A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the CenturyTwo men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America’s rush toward the twentieth ... Read more

$25.00 USD

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The true tale of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and the cunning serial killer who used the magic and majesty of the fair to lure his victims to their death.A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the CenturyTwo men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America’s rush toward the twentieth
... Read more
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When Crack Was King

A People's History of a Misunderstood Era

by Donovan X. Ramsey ...

Narrated by Donovan X. Ramsey ...

Unabridged

11 hours 33 min

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • A “vivid and frank” (NPR) account of the crack cocaine era and a community’s ultimate resilience, told through a cast of characters whose lives illuminate the dramatic rise and fall of the epidemic“A master class in disrupting a stubborn narrative, a monumental feat for the fraught subject of addiction in Black communities.”—The Washington Post“A poignant ... Read more

$22.50 USD

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • A “vivid and frank” (NPR) account of the crack cocaine era and a community’s ultimate resilience, told through a cast of characters whose lives illuminate the dramatic rise and fall of the epidemic“A master class in disrupting a stubborn narrative, a monumental feat for the fraught subject of addiction in Black communities.”—The Washington Post“A poignant
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Man in the Mirror

Hope, Struggle, and Belonging in an American City

by Anand Giridharadas ...

Narrated by Anand Giridharadas ...

Unabridged

17 hours 40 min

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From acclaimed journalist Anand Giridharadas, a groundbreaking feat of reporting on a tragic encounter in a New York subway car that held up a mirror to a troubled and divided nation“A tour de force of sharp-eyed reporting, powerful narrative, and heartbreaking tragedy. . . . Brilliant and spellbinding.”—Robert B. Reich, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Coming ... Read more

$29.00 USD

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From acclaimed journalist Anand Giridharadas, a groundbreaking feat of reporting on a tragic encounter in a New York subway car that held up a mirror to a troubled and divided nation“A tour de force of sharp-eyed reporting, powerful narrative, and heartbreaking tragedy. . . . Brilliant and spellbinding.”—Robert B. Reich, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Coming
... Read more
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Metropolis

A History of the City, Humankind's Greatest Invention

by Ben Wilson ...

Narrated by John Sackville ...

Unabridged

17 hours 7 min

**In a captivating tour of cities famous and forgotten, acclaimed historian Ben Wilson tells the glorious, millennia-spanning story how urban living sparked humankind's greatest innovations.“A towering achievement.... Reading this book is like visiting an exhilarating city for the first time—dazzling.” —The Wall Street Journal**During the two hundred millennia of humanity’s existence, nothing has ... Read more

$25.00 USD

**In a captivating tour of cities famous and forgotten, acclaimed historian Ben Wilson tells the glorious, millennia-spanning story how urban living sparked humankind's greatest innovations.“A towering achievement.... Reading this book is like visiting an exhilarating city for the first time—dazzling.” —The Wall Street Journal**During the two hundred millennia of humanity’s existence, nothing has
... Read more
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Trash!

A Garbageman's Story

by Simon Paré-Poupart ...

Narrated by Jean Brassard ...

Unabridged

3 hours 10 min

A Montreal garbageman’s sharp and funny memoir/exposé, in which he attempts to convince people to “stop imagining that your garbage magically disappears”This fascinating no-bullshit account of twenty years in waste management paints a vivid portrait of the heroic labor, anarchic spirit, and violent conditions of the people who keep our cities clean.Paré-Poupart’s story is atypical: he started ... Read more

$19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A Montreal garbageman’s sharp and funny memoir/exposé, in which he attempts to convince people to “stop imagining that your garbage magically disappears”This fascinating no-bullshit account of twenty years in waste management paints a vivid portrait of the heroic labor, anarchic spirit, and violent conditions of the people who keep our cities clean.Paré-Poupart’s story is atypical: he started
... Read more
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Living and Dying in Brick City

An E.R. Doctor Returns Home

by Sampson Davis, Lisa Frazier Page ...

Narrated by Cary Hite ...

Unabridged

8 hours 17 min

This is a riveting personal exploration of the health-care crisis facing inner-city communities, written by an emergency room physician who grew up in the very neighborhood he is now serving.Sampson Davis is best known as one of three friends from inner-city Newark who made a pact in high school to become doctors. Their book The Pact and the work they have done with the Three Doctors Foundation ... Read more

$19.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This is a riveting personal exploration of the health-care crisis facing inner-city communities, written by an emergency room physician who grew up in the very neighborhood he is now serving.Sampson Davis is best known as one of three friends from inner-city Newark who made a pact in high school to become doctors. Their book The Pact and the work they have done with the Three Doctors Foundation
... Read more
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Architecture of Liberation, The

by Edward Todd Harris III ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Madison G ...

Unabridged

1 hour 6 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Look around your neighborhood. Rent is skyrocketing, grocery prices are out of reach, and the climate is throwing our seasons out of balance. We are told that the system is simply broken. But what if it's working exactly as designed? The Architecture of Liberation is not just another book complaining about global capitalism. It is a practical, step-by ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Look around your neighborhood. Rent is skyrocketing, grocery prices are out of reach, and the climate is throwing our seasons out of balance. We are told that the system is simply broken. But what if it's working exactly as designed? The Architecture of Liberation is not just another book complaining about global capitalism. It is a practical, step-by
... Read more
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2020

One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed

by Eric Klinenberg ...

Narrated by Eric Klinenberg, Dan John Miller ...

Unabridged

15 hours 23 min

**A meticulously reported, character-driven, unforgettable investigation of a time when nothing was certain and everything was at stake, by the acclaimed sociologist and best-selling author Eric Klinenberg“A gripping, deeply moving account of a signal year in modern history, told through the stories of seven ordinary people. Klinenberg’s narrative shows how the legacy of that year continues to ... Read more

$25.00 USD

**A meticulously reported, character-driven, unforgettable investigation of a time when nothing was certain and everything was at stake, by the acclaimed sociologist and best-selling author Eric Klinenberg“A gripping, deeply moving account of a signal year in modern history, told through the stories of seven ordinary people. Klinenberg’s narrative shows how the legacy of that year continues to
... Read more
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Buck

A Memoir

by MK Asante ...

Narrated by MK Asante, Adenrele Ojo ...

Unabridged

5 hours 47 min

A rebellious boy’s journey through the wilds of urban America and the shrapnel of a self-destructing family—this is the riveting story of a generation told through one dazzlingly poetic new voice.MK Asante was born in Zimbabwe to American parents: a mother who led the new nation’s dance company and a father who would soon become a revered pioneer in black studies. But things fell apart, and a ... Read more

$17.50 USD

A rebellious boy’s journey through the wilds of urban America and the shrapnel of a self-destructing family—this is the riveting story of a generation told through one dazzlingly poetic new voice.MK Asante was born in Zimbabwe to American parents: a mother who led the new nation’s dance company and a father who would soon become a revered pioneer in black studies. But things fell apart, and a
... Read more
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The Power Broker: Volume 1 of 3

Robert Moses and the Fall of New York: Volume 1

by Robert A. Caro ...

Narrated by Robertson Dean ...

Unabridged

22 hours 23 min

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • A modern American classic, this huge and galvanizing biography of Robert Moses reveals not only the saga of one man’s incredible accumulation of power but the story of his shaping (and mis-shaping of twentieth-century New York. One of the Modern Library’s hundred greatest books of the twentieth century.Robert Caro's monumental book makes public what few outsiders knew: that ... Read more

$24.00 USD

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • A modern American classic, this huge and galvanizing biography of Robert Moses reveals not only the saga of one man’s incredible accumulation of power but the story of his shaping (and mis-shaping of twentieth-century New York. One of the Modern Library’s hundred greatest books of the twentieth century.Robert Caro's monumental book makes public what few outsiders knew: that
... Read more
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Life After Cars

Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile

by Sarah Goodyear, Doug Gordon, Aaron Naparstek ...

Narrated by Sarah Goodyear, Doug Gordon ...

Unabridged

7 hours 37 min

**NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the hosts of The War on Cars podcast, a searing indictment of how cars ruin everything—and what we can do to fight back**When the very first cars rolled off production lines, they were a technological marvel, predicted to make life easier and better for all Americans; yet a hundred years later, that dream is running on empty.Instead of unbounded freedom, the never-ending ... Read more

$20.00 USD

**NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the hosts of The War on Cars podcast, a searing indictment of how cars ruin everything—and what we can do to fight back**When the very first cars rolled off production lines, they were a technological marvel, predicted to make life easier and better for all Americans; yet a hundred years later, that dream is running on empty.Instead of unbounded freedom, the never-ending
... Read more
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Busted

A Tale of Corruption and Betrayal in the City of Brotherly Love

by Wendy Ruderman, Barbara Laker ...

Narrated by Rachel Fulginiti ...

Unabridged

6 hours 55 min

In the vein of Erin Brockovich, The Departed, and T. J. English's Savage City comes Busted, the shocking true story of the biggest police corruption scandal in Philadelphia history, a tale of drugs, power, and abuse involving a rogue narcotics squad, a confidential informant, and two veteran journalists whose reporting drove a full-scale FBI probe, rocked the City of Brotherly Love, and earned a ... Read more

$23.99 USD

In the vein of Erin Brockovich, The Departed, and T. J. English's Savage City comes Busted, the shocking true story of the biggest police corruption scandal in Philadelphia history, a tale of drugs, power, and abuse involving a rogue narcotics squad, a confidential informant, and two veteran journalists whose reporting drove a full-scale FBI probe, rocked the City of Brotherly Love, and earned a
... Read more
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How to Kill a City

Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight for the Neighborhood

by PE Moskowitz ...

Narrated by Hayden Bishop ...

Unabridged

8 hours 10 min

“An exacting look at gentrification” (New York Times Book Review)—and the lives devastated in the processThe term gentrification has become a buzzword to describe the changes in urban neighborhoods across the country, but we don’t realize just how threatening it is. It means more than the arrival of trendy shops, much-maligned hipsters, and expensive lattes. The very future of American cities as ... Read more

$24.99 USD

“An exacting look at gentrification” (New York Times Book Review)—and the lives devastated in the processThe term gentrification has become a buzzword to describe the changes in urban neighborhoods across the country, but we don’t realize just how threatening it is. It means more than the arrival of trendy shops, much-maligned hipsters, and expensive lattes. The very future of American cities as
... Read more
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The New Tourist

Waking Up to the Power and Perils of Travel

by Paige McClanahan ...

Narrated by Paige McClanahan ...

Unabridged

6 hours 38 min

“A genuinely helpful framework for thinking about our own voyages” (The Atlantic), The New Tourist explores how tourism has shaped the world, for better and for worse, and offers essential reading for anyone looking for a deeper understanding of the implications of their wanderlust.Through deep and insightful dispatches from tourist spots around the globe—from Hawaii to Saudi Arabia, Amsterdam to ... Read more

$19.99 USD

“A genuinely helpful framework for thinking about our own voyages” (The Atlantic), The New Tourist explores how tourism has shaped the world, for better and for worse, and offers essential reading for anyone looking for a deeper understanding of the implications of their wanderlust.Through deep and insightful dispatches from tourist spots around the globe—from Hawaii to Saudi Arabia, Amsterdam to
... Read more
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Dallas 1963

by Bill Minutaglio, Steven L. Davis ...

Narrated by Bill Minutaglio, Steven L. Davis, Tony Messano ...

Unabridged

12 hours 2 min

In the months and weeks before the fateful November 22nd, 1963, Dallas was brewing with political passions, a city crammed with larger-than-life characters dead-set against the Kennedy presidency. These included rabid warriors like defrocked military general Edwin A. Walker; the world's richest oil baron, H. L. Hunt; the leader of the largest Baptist congregation in the world, W.A. Criswell; and ... Read more

$31.99 USD

In the months and weeks before the fateful November 22nd, 1963, Dallas was brewing with political passions, a city crammed with larger-than-life characters dead-set against the Kennedy presidency. These included rabid warriors like defrocked military general Edwin A. Walker; the world's richest oil baron, H. L. Hunt; the leader of the largest Baptist congregation in the world, W.A. Criswell; and
... Read more
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Fragile Neighborhoods

Repairing American Society, One Zip Code at a Time

by Seth D. Kaplan ...

Narrated by Ron Butler ...

Unabridged

6 hours 11 min

This urgent exploration of why American society is in trouble—and how to fix it, starting with the places we call home—is an “essential and engaging read for everyone who wants to better understand the challenges facing our cities, towns and our nation.” (Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class)The neighborhoods we live in impact our lives in so many ways: they determine who we ... Read more

$24.99 USD

This urgent exploration of why American society is in trouble—and how to fix it, starting with the places we call home—is an “essential and engaging read for everyone who wants to better understand the challenges facing our cities, towns and our nation.” (Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class)The neighborhoods we live in impact our lives in so many ways: they determine who we
... Read more
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Those Who Wander

America’s Lost Street Kids

by Vivian Ho ...

Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller ...

Unabridged

6 hours 23 min

Award-winning journalist Vivian Ho exposes a shattering true-crime story, shedding light on America’s new lost generation.In 2015, the senseless Bay Area murders of twenty-three-year-old Audrey Carey and sixty-seven-year-old Steve Carter were personal tragedies for the victims’ families. But they also shed light on a more complex issue. The killers were three drifters scrounging for a living among ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Award-winning journalist Vivian Ho exposes a shattering true-crime story, shedding light on America’s new lost generation.In 2015, the senseless Bay Area murders of twenty-three-year-old Audrey Carey and sixty-seven-year-old Steve Carter were personal tragedies for the victims’ families. But they also shed light on a more complex issue. The killers were three drifters scrounging for a living among
... Read more
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Brief History of Seoul, A: How a War-Flattened City Became a Global Megacity

by Thomas Gallagher ...

Narrated by Thomas Gallagher ...

Unabridged

1 hour 51 min

Trace a ruined metropolis's rise from the ashes of the Korean War to a hyper-modern tech capital in this gripping urban history. Perfect for an inspiring daily commute or immersive travel prep, this fast-paced narrative sweeps you through decades of breakneck industrialization and cultural revolution.Walk the evolving streets alongside the ordinary citizens, student activists, and ambitious ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Trace a ruined metropolis's rise from the ashes of the Korean War to a hyper-modern tech capital in this gripping urban history. Perfect for an inspiring daily commute or immersive travel prep, this fast-paced narrative sweeps you through decades of breakneck industrialization and cultural revolution.Walk the evolving streets alongside the ordinary citizens, student activists, and ambitious
... Read more
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Жизнь соло. Новая социальная реальность

by Эрик Кляйненберг ...

Narrated by Дмитрий Бужинский ...

Unabridged

10 hours 16 min

Хипстеры и пенсионеры, финансисты и художники, мужчины и женщины — интерес к одиночеству не зависит от социального статуса, возраста или пола. Трансформация инфраструктуры крупных городов, популярность социальных сетей, изменение психологического восприятия одиночества — всё это приводит к тому, что многие современные горожане выбирают жизнь соло. Тренд к увеличению одиночек в обществе постепенно ... Read more

$14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Хипстеры и пенсионеры, финансисты и художники, мужчины и женщины — интерес к одиночеству не зависит от социального статуса, возраста или пола. Трансформация инфраструктуры крупных городов, популярность социальных сетей, изменение психологического восприятия одиночества — всё это приводит к тому, что многие современные горожане выбирают жизнь соло. Тренд к увеличению одиночек в обществе постепенно
... Read more
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Big Thrive, The: Volume 1

by Sage Eddie Tatu Harris ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Madison G ...

Series series The Big Thrive
Unabridged

27 hours 44 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Humanity stands at a crossroads, caught between the accelerating pull of physical and social decay. In this opening installment of the groundbreaking 10-volume compendium, The Big Thrive introduces the framework of Intersectional Pacifist Social Anarchism (IPSA)—a radical, hard-science lens that reframes our collective ethical mandate as a literal ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Humanity stands at a crossroads, caught between the accelerating pull of physical and social decay. In this opening installment of the groundbreaking 10-volume compendium, The Big Thrive introduces the framework of Intersectional Pacifist Social Anarchism (IPSA)—a radical, hard-science lens that reframes our collective ethical mandate as a literal
... Read more
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Street Rebellion

Resistance Beyond Violence and Nonviolence

by Benjamin S. Case ...

Narrated by Chris Bergman ...

Unabridged

8 hours 38 min

In a style that bridges the divide between academia and activism, Street Rebellion develops a broader and more accurate understanding of how people struggle for liberation.We are living in a time of uprisings that routinely involve physical confrontation—burning vehicles, barricades, vandalism, and scuffles between protesters and authorities. Yet the Left has struggled to incorporate rioting into ... Read more

$21.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In a style that bridges the divide between academia and activism, Street Rebellion develops a broader and more accurate understanding of how people struggle for liberation.We are living in a time of uprisings that routinely involve physical confrontation—burning vehicles, barricades, vandalism, and scuffles between protesters and authorities. Yet the Left has struggled to incorporate rioting into
... Read more
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The New Kids

Big Dreams and Brave Journeys at a High School for

by Brooke Hauser ...

Narrated by Tavia Gilbert ...

Unabridged

11 hours 17 min

Inspired by the author's widely acclaimed New York Times article, The New Kids is immersion reporting at its most compelling. Brooke Hauser takes us deep inside a unique New York City high school over the course of a year as she follows diverse newcomers whose lives are at once ordinary and extraordinary, international headlines brought to life. No native English-speaking students attend the ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Inspired by the author's widely acclaimed New York Times article, The New Kids is immersion reporting at its most compelling. Brooke Hauser takes us deep inside a unique New York City high school over the course of a year as she follows diverse newcomers whose lives are at once ordinary and extraordinary, international headlines brought to life. No native English-speaking students attend the
... Read more
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Living Disability

Building Accessible Futures for Everybody

Narrated by Seema Doad ...

Unabridged

9 hours 51 min

How can we build more accessible cities? Living Disability brings together vibrant perspectives on disability justice and urban systems.A musician and snow removal expert, a queer curator, a public pool aficionado, and a journalist turned city councillor — these are just some of the disabled writers exploring disability justice, analyzing urban systems, and proposing more equitable approaches to ... Read more

$22.99 USD

How can we build more accessible cities? Living Disability brings together vibrant perspectives on disability justice and urban systems.A musician and snow removal expert, a queer curator, a public pool aficionado, and a journalist turned city councillor — these are just some of the disabled writers exploring disability justice, analyzing urban systems, and proposing more equitable approaches to
... Read more
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Bleeding Out

The Devastating Consequences of Urban Violence--and a Bold New Plan for Peace in the Streets

by Thomas Abt ...

Narrated by Brad Raymond ...

Unabridged

8 hours 34 min

From a Harvard scholar and former Obama official, a powerful proposal for curtailing violent crime in AmericaUrban violence is one of the most divisive and allegedly intractable issues of our time. But as Harvard scholar Thomas Abt shows in Bleeding Out, we actually possess all the tools necessary to stem violence in our cities.Coupling the latest social science with firsthand experience as a ... Read more

$24.99 USD

From a Harvard scholar and former Obama official, a powerful proposal for curtailing violent crime in AmericaUrban violence is one of the most divisive and allegedly intractable issues of our time. But as Harvard scholar Thomas Abt shows in Bleeding Out, we actually possess all the tools necessary to stem violence in our cities.Coupling the latest social science with firsthand experience as a
... Read more

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